Matching Pairs chapter 6 vocabulary practiceOnline version match the term with the definition by Susan Brown 1 ambush 2 inflation 3 mercenary 4 ratify 5 siege 6 blocade 7 privateer 8 strategy 9 desert 10 recruit encourage to join the military stop ships from entering or leaving a port. England had a __ to prevent ships from entering Boston Harbor money loses value; it costs more to buy the same thing to surround a place and not let people or materials in and out of the place adopt or apporve a rule, law or document a plan or method for doing something leave your post without permission. Runaway from the army person who is paid to fight for a country Hessians were Germans paid by Britain to fight against the colonists private ship that is equipped with weapons. goal to cature enemy merchant ships and take their cargo surprise attack; to hide and surprise a group